I (this is Ken Foster) was an apprentice at the U.C.S.C. Farm and Garden in 1985. We just had our fortieth anniversary celebration of the apprenticeship program on 7-28-07 and…
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Terra Nova advocates “plant amnesty,” another way of saying we prefer that gardeners help plants retain their natural shapes rather than accede that the lollypop, ice cube and hot dog…
There are many different ways to build a raised bed. Here’s a few photos to jog your imagination about the possiblities. This from an ecological landscaping perspective, as you might…
From all of us at Terra Nova, we wish all who read this and to this beautiful planet Earth a truly meaningful day. It is a good day to express…
Fossil-free landscaping is simply landscaping minus the heavy use of fossil fuels. We perform our services with either non-polluting electric tools or hand tools that run on orange juice and…
An edible landscape design . . . . .Yellow Horn nut tree with Buddha sitting on a cob bench. Semi-dwarf Gala apple tree with comfrey. Yerba Buena, indian mint, oragano,…
Before . . . And after . . . We removed the old lawn and replaced it with native grasses and shrubs and perennial herbs. Looking for good reasons to…
That’s me with the swarm of honey bees I caught last night, (3-27-07). Here’s a picture of this same bee hive, today March 28, 2007. All abuzz. There’s nothing as…
Every time we have a rainfall shortage on the central coast of California we begin to hear talk of water rationing. All of a sudden we begin to see the…
